If you were anything like me, I had a hard time getting my food storage started because well… I didn’t know how to begin. After a couple of years of procrastinating and a few research, my husband and I finally started our long term food supply.  Here’s what we did:

1.)    We started with storing water. Let’s face it, a person’s survival depends on drinking water. We can survive 3 weeks without food but only 3 days without water. Some emergency services recommend that we have at least a two-week emergency water supply on hand at all times. I recommend 1/2 gallon per person per day just for drinking and minimal food preparation purposes. You might not think that you drink that much in a day, but I’ll bet if you added up all the water, juice, milk, soft drinks, broth, and other liquids, you would be close to consuming 1/2 gallon. In an emergency, you may find that you want more liquid than in regular circumstances. Water bottles are cheap and fit perfectly in the trunk of your car to be used for emergencies. We also bought a 55 gallon drum for additional water storage.

2.)    The next step that my husband Ralph and I did was to start buying additional long term food items that we like and can eat on a regular basis. For example, 10 cans of tuna this week then a sack of rice the next week and a couple bags of pasta the following week and so on until we have a six months’ worth of food.  Great thing to keep in mind is to plan your food storage items around meals that you and your family like to eat. If you have pasta, then make sure you have canned sauces etc…

Getting started can really be simple and easy. Like my husband and I, start buying a little extra items this week then a little more next week until you get used to buying a few extra items and the next thing you know, you have a year supply of emergency food storage stored at your house. Hope this helped